Dreaming big

Originally posted on February 27, 2011.



When, last year, I gave the band its current name I told them I wanted to record a demo - before I was going back to Canada. I kept my eyes and ears open for a decent backing singer, and a solo guitarist (being a rhythm guitarist only gets you so far). The drummer and bass player both did the same.
The bass player suddenly announced she found a sound engineer with a home AND a portable studio. How awesome is that? The sound engineer apparently just loves to record music.
For now the band is only playing covers for the sole reason that it makes for good "bonding" (rehearsing takes place whenever our busy schedules allow). And the demo will show how well we sound as a musical unit.
A friend of mine is an amateur photographer (a great one) who I've asked whether he wanted to do a photo shoot with the band. He excitedly jumped up at the request; he would love to. The one thing Bad Monkey has to do is wait for Summer for the shoot.
Talking to another friend earlier today, she joked (I think she did anyway) she would do the video. The bass player, who was eaves dropping, loved the idea and asked me when we were going to do the video. Um, like, when the rest is able to come to Canada? For now I continue to dream big.

Planet Gender

Flemish photographer Marc de Clercq sent me an invitation to the opening of his exhibition at Centre Ceramique in Maastricht, the Netherlands. I like his work; he has a way to make his objects look totally "un-posed" (natural). Check this site for more information. I think he'd like to photograph me, too, but it's my call; I guess I'm what some people call androgynous, but I'm not sure whether I'm " suitable"...